2006 AFC U-17 Championship

2006 AFC U-16 Championship

AFC U-16 Championship Singapore 2006
Tournament details
Host country	Singapore
Dates	3 September – 19 October
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Japan
Runners-up	North Korea
Third place	Tajikistan
Fourth place	Syria

The 2006 AFC U-17 Championship was the 12th AFC U-17 Championship football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), which was held between 3 and 16 September 2006, in Singapore. Japan won their second title with a 4-2 win against Korea DPR in the final.

Qualification Competition

Bangladesh  China PR  Iran  Iraq

Japan  South Korea  Saudi Arabia  North Korea

Tajikistan  Myanmar    Nepal  Singapore (host)

Syria  Vietnam  Yemen

Stadiums

• Jalan Besar Stadium
• Bishan Stadium

Group stage

All times are Singapore Standard Time (UTC+8)

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Japan	7	3	2	1	0	10	3	+7
South Korea	6	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3
Singapore	2	3	0	2	1	2	4	-2
Nepal	1	3	0	1	2	0	8	-8

South Korea  v  Singapore

3 September 2006 17:00

South Korea	3 – 1	Singapore
Choi Jin-soo  35' Kim Jung-Hyun  66' Gu Ja-Myeong  88'		Quak Jun-Yi  56'

Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 1,500

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Japan  v    Nepal

3 September 2006 20:00

Japan	6 – 0	Nepal
Yamada  8' Okamoto  13' Hanato  69', 77' Mizunuma  80', 90+1'

Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 1,800

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Singapore  v  Japan

5 September 2006 17:00

Singapore	1 – 1	Japan
Muhammad Izzdin Yacob  86' (pen.)		Kakitani  81'

Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 1,500

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South Korea  v    Nepal

5 September 2006 20:00

South Korea	2 – 0	Nepal
Seol Jae-Mun  45' Joo Sung-Hwan  81'

Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 2,277

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Japan  v  South Korea

7 September 2006 17:00

Japan	3 – 2	South Korea
Mizunuma  19', 90' Otsuka  67'		Joo Sung-Hwan  59', 74'

Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 2,348

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Singapore  v    Nepal

7 September 2006 17:00

Singapore	0 – 0	Nepal

Bishan Stadium Attendance: 2,000

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Tajikistan	9	3	3	0	0	7	4	+3
Iran	4	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
Iraq	2	3	0	2	1	1	2	-1
Yemen	1	3	0	1	2	4	6	-2

Iran  v  Yemen

3 September 2006 17:00

Iran	1 – 0	Yemen
Jalalaldin Alimohammadi  32'

Bishan Stadium Attendance: 100

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Iraq  v  Tajikistan

3 September 2006 20:00

Iraq	0 – 1	Tajikistan
		Karabaev  90+3'

Bishan Stadium Attendance: 50

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Yemen  v  Iraq

5 September 2006 17:00

Yemen	1 – 1	Iraq
Muaadh Al-Ameri  81'		Emar Mohammed  22'

Bishan Stadium Attendance: 50

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Tajikistan  v  Iran

5 September 2006 20:00

Tajikistan	2 – 1	Iran
Tukhtasunov  13', 23'		Mehdi Daghagheleh  75'

Bishan Stadium

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Iran  v  Iraq

7 September 2006 20:00

Iran	0 – 0	Iraq

Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 1,257

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Yemen  v  Tajikistan

7 September 2006 20:00

Yemen	3 – 4	Tajikistan
Muaadh Al-Ameri  41', 90+2' Abdullah Omar  45+1'		Tokhirov  51' Tukhtasunov  55', 82' Vasiev  67'

Bishan Stadium Attendance: 400

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Saudi Arabia	6	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6
North Korea	3	2	1	0	1	7	4	+3
Myanmar	0	2	0	0	2	2	11	-9

North Korea  v  Saudi Arabia

4 September 2006 17:00

North Korea	1 – 2	Saudi Arabia
An Il-Bom  43'		Fahad Al-Dossari  46' Raqi Fallatah  58'

Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 1,511

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Myanmar  v  North Korea

6 September 2006 20:00

Myanmar	2 – 6	North Korea
Ko Kyaw Ko  48' Kyaing Aung Pyone  74'		Ri Myong-Jun  11', 36' Ri Sang-Chol  45+2', 55' O Jin-Hyok  60', 61'

Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 3,658

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Saudi Arabia  v  Myanmar

8 September 2006 17:00

Saudi Arabia	5 – 0	Myanmar
Fahad Al-Dossari  8' Mohammed Hazazi  29', 37' Thenyan Al-Matrafi  33' Abdulaziz Al-Shamari  82'

Bishan Stadium Attendance: 1,500

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
China PR	7	3	2	1	0	9	3	+6
Syria	6	3	2	0	1	9	1	+8
Vietnam	4	3	1	1	1	5	5	0
Bangladesh	0	3	0	0	3	0	14	-14

China PR  v  Syria

4 September 2006 17:00

China PR	1 – 0	Syria
Wang Yongxin  89'

Bishan Stadium Attendance: 100

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Bangladesh  v  Vietnam

4 September 2006 20:00

Bangladesh	0 – 2	Vietnam
		Tran Viet Trung  55' Hoang Danh Ngoc  72' (pen.)

Bishan Stadium Attendance: 300

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Syria  v  Bangladesh

6 September 2006 17:00

Syria	7 – 0	Bangladesh
Mohamad Jaafar  8', 61' (pen.) Mhd. Darwish Midou  10', 15', 56' Solaiman Solaiman  12' Ziad Ajouz  42'

Bishan Stadium Attendance: 100

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Vietnam  v  China PR

6 September 2006 20:00

Vietnam	3 – 3	China PR
Tran Viet Trung  29' Dao Ngoc Phuoc  31' Nguyen Van Trung  73'		Wang Yunlong  64' (pen.), 79' Ma Long  90'

Bishan Stadium

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China PR  v  Bangladesh

8 September 2006 20:00

China PR	5 – 0	Bangladesh
Ma Long  27', 81' Gao Di  42', 45' Li Haifang  76'

Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 2,402

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Syria  v  Vietnam

8 September 2006 20:00

Syria	2 – 0	Vietnam
Mhd. Darwish Midou  80' Ziad Ajouz  83'

Bishan Stadium Attendance: 1,000

Knockout stage

All times are Singapore Standard Time (UTC+8)

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	11 September
	Japan (PSO)	1 (8)
					14 September
	Iran	1 (7)
					Japan	2
	11 September
					Syria	0
	Saudi Arabia	1
									17 September
	Syria	2
									Japan (AET)	4
	11 September
									North Korea	2
	Tajikistan	1
					14 September
	South Korea	0
					Tajikistan	0			Third place
	11 September
					North Korea	3
	China PR	1							Syria	3 (4)
	North Korea	2							Tajikistan (PSO)	3 (5)
									17 September

Quarterfinal

Japan  v  Iran

11 September 2006 17:00

Japan	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Iran
Kakitani  14'		Alimohammadi  73'
	Penalties
Mizunuma Tanaka Hironaga Higa Kai Yamazaki Kanai Okamoto Yamada Kakitani Mizunuma Tanaka	8 – 7	Alimohammadi Ehsan Hajysafi Seyed Amiri Shahryar Shirvand Mehdi Daghagheleh Hamidreza Aliasgari Karim Ansari Arash Gholizadeh Bakhtiar Rahmani Noushi Sofiani Alimohammadi Ehsan Hajysafi

Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 300

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Tajikistan  v  South Korea

11 September 2006 20:00

Tajikistan	1 – 0	South Korea
Vasiev  81'

Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 2,346

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Saudi Arabia  v  Syria

11 September 2006 17:00

Saudi Arabia	1 – 2	Syria
Fahad Al-Dossari  46'		Mohamad Jaafar  9', 74'

Bishan Stadium Attendance: 50

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China PR  v  North Korea

11 September 2006 20:00

China PR	1 – 2 (AET)	North Korea
Gao Di  16'		Ri Myong-Jun  20' O Jin-Hyok  110'

Bishan Stadium Attendance: 300

Semi Finals

Japan  v  Syria

14 September 2006 17:00

Japan	2 – 0	Syria
Saito  69' Kakitani  79'

Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 500

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Tajikistan  v  North Korea

14 September 2006 20:00

Tajikistan	0 – 3	North Korea
		An Il-Bom  26', 53' Ri Sang-Chol  38'

Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 2,654

Third place playoff

Syria  v  Tajikistan

17 September 2006 17:00

Syria	3 – 3 (AET) 4 – 5 (PSO)	Tajikistan
Mohamad Jaafar  45+1', 94' Solaiman Solaiman  50' (pen.)		Fatkhuloev  29' Sobirov  67' Karabaev  114'

Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 300

Final

Japan  v  North Korea

17 September 2006 20:00

Japan	4 – 2 (AET)	North Korea
Kakitani  57' Hanato  78' Kawano  113', 120'		O Jin-Hyok  7' Ri Sang-Chol  25'

Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 3,346

Winners

AFC U-17 Championship 2006 Winners
Japan Second title

Awards

Most Valuable Player	Top Scorer	Fair Play Award
Yoichiro Kakitani	Mohamad Jaafar (6 goals)	Japan

Countries to participate in 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

•  Japan
•  North Korea
•  Syria
•  Tajikistan
•  South Korea (host nation)

Goalscorers

6 goals Mohamad Jaafar 4 goals Kota Mizunuma Yoichiro Kakitani O Jin-Hyok Ri Sang-Chol Mohamad Mido Davronjon Tukhtasunov 3 goals Gao Di Ma Long Jin Hanato Joo Sung-Hwan Fahad Al-Dossari An Il-Bom Ri Myong-Jun Muaadh Al-Ameri 2 goals Wang Yunlong Jalalaldin Alimohammadi Hiroki Kawano Mohammed Hazazi Solaiman Solaiman Ziad Ajouz Abdukayum Karabaev Farkhod Vasiev Tran Viet Trung

1 goal Li Haifang Wang Yongxin Mehdi Daghagheleh Emar Mohammed Manabu Saito Naoki Yamada Shohei Otsuka Tomotaka Okamoto Choi Jin-soo Gu Ja-Myeong Kim Jung-Hyun Seol Jae-Mun Abdulaziz Al-Shamari Raqi Fallatah Thenyan Al-Matrafi Ko Kyaw Ko Kyaing Aung Pyone Muhammad Izzdin Yacob Quak Jun-Yi Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev Farkhod Tokhirov Kurbonali Sobirov Dao Ngoc Phuoc Hoang Danh Ngoc Nguyen Van Trung Abdullah Omar

Top scoring teams

17 goals  Japan 14 goals  North Korea  Syria 11 goals  Tajikistan 10 goals  China PR 8 goals  Saudi Arabia 7 goals  South Korea 5 goals  Vietnam

4 goals  Yemen 3 goals  Iran 2 goals  Singapore  Myanmar 1 goal  Iraq 0 goal    Nepal  Bangladesh

References

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